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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mount Everest—Chronicle and Reading List.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Dalai Lama flee from Tibet?
(a) March 1960.
(b) March 1961.
(c) March 1959.
(d) March 1958.

2. What does Bodhisattva mean?
(a) Soul searcher.
(b) God of Compassion.
(c) Chosen one.
(d) Enlightened one.

3. When Messner spied some Sherpas that he knew in the Tibet chapter, where did Messner know the Sherpas from?
(a) Tingri.
(b) Nangpa La.
(c) Chomolungma.
(d) Ama Dablam.

4. In the Tibet chapter, how did Messner and Nena actually travel to their intended destination as they waited for the weather on Everest to clear?
(a) By caravan.
(b) By flying.
(c) By driving.
(d) By walking.

5. How many women who were part of the 1975 Chinese expedition were able to reach heights of more than 8000 meters?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

2. Where did Oswald Oelz live?

3. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?

4. According to the Chomolungma chapter, what did Messner use when climbing to aid his balance?

5. How much did each portable oxygen system weigh that the British expedition's climbers carried?

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